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"... Thailand just went the wrong way on this reopening. There are few countries in the world that can quickly develop a online app to handle entry & Thailand is not one of them 10k applied...4k issued??? Think that is good? What will happen if any real traffic starts?? (Not too worry real traffic will not come while all these hoops exist) Look at their history of online apps....90 day check in online...Look at the Chiang Mai Que system for visa extension appointments....all blew up Not to mention data breach etc etc..." But it seems there's several thousands of arrivals every day, so the app is not a total failure.

And don't forget if kids do (where allowed) ask questions about the lesson/subject older teachers and the much old teachers now in the ministry (and some young teachers) take the view that if a student asks a question it's a direct suggestion that the teachers didn't teach/explain the learning item very well. An insult to the teacher. My Thai son had issues with this from a different perspective, He did the last 3 years of high school in Singapore (his English level not a problem, he grew up totally immersed in both Thai and English and is at native speaker level with both languages. At HS in Singapore he loved the student centered learning approach and the project based learning approach. He also loved that teachers put strong focus on ensuring that kids knew 'the answer' but also 'knew why the correct answer was correct. A big focus on 'why'. He came back to Thailand to do a 5 year Education degree. When he did work experience in Bkk he organized the class in changing small teams and taught using student centered / project based learning and with a lot of time explaining why the correct answer was correct etc. But, several times the Thai teachers in nearby class rooms realized he was doing things very differently and they complained loudly to the headmistress and demanded it stop. The second time they protested the headmistress asked my son if other teachers could sit in the back of his room to observe. He agreed. (In fact she spoke very advanced English and had taught for several years in a progressive high school in Canada.) The headmistress also told the Thai teachers that the method my son was using is coming to Thailand and they should take advantage of an opportunity to see what the new teaching really looks like. This outraged the older style teachers, and at the protest meeting turned into claims that the teachers were being insulted and disrespected and they demanded that my son be dismissed from the school that day. And he was. They also demanded and got a written promise from the headmistress that she would never mention 'new methods' ever again. Change is not on the agenda.

Thanks for the comments. I just realized that if: - I use the scan option in my HP basic home printer/coper/scanner*, and - set the scan output to be a jpeg file, before starting the scanning, - I can scan multiple documents, then save/create a file - all done, all jpeg documents in the file created. Super easy (*HP DeskJet 2310/2131)

Thanks, appreciated.

Any suggestions please free easy to use app. to convert multiple .doc or .pdf etc., documents to jpeg format for submission to Thailand Pass. Thanks.

Any suggestions of a good free easy to use application to convert multiple .doc documents or multiple .pdf documents to jpeg documents? Thanks.

Do if someone takes a screenshot is that a special type of file or just a simple basic file?

You have been given at least 2 sites which list hotels match your needs/the regulations. Check them.

Forget the main 5/6 star hotels, most are not approved for this purpose/don't have the package items required by the current government health/quarantine regulations . Check this website: https://asq.in.th/thailand-pass

And I'm guessing there's a sizeable number of foreigners on retirement visa who are over 75 and therefore very very limited health insurance options.

Perhaps your body feels it's walking backwards on the return, hard work!

Good information, re item 1. Above; as Joe mentions the health insurance is different to what was commonly needed to gain a CoE. The insurance cover now needed must include 3 items: General health cover (applicable to the type of visa being used) Covid- 19 cover A minimum cover equivalent to not less than US$50,000. So now comes the search for an appropriate policy, keeping in mind not to get confused in terms of the requirements per type of visa. And keeping in mind that some policies can only be purchased by foreigners up to 64 or 65 years old. So for folks older than 64 / 65 (me) this brings another challenge to find an appropriate/accepted policy. I'm hoping others will share whatever valuable information they find and especially in regard to: So for folks older than 64 / 65 (me) this brings another challenge to find an appropriate/accepted policy. Members who do post their findings please be clear about what type of visa you're using and age. Thanks, appreciated.

Can a basic sedan car: - Be charged at a home which has been wired correctly? - Or should it be a home which has properly wired for 3 phase? - Or ? at home?

It downloaded here in Australia to my Samsung smartphone. Using my Telstra Australia SIM card since tried to open it but get a message 'failed to open'. Tried my AIS SIM card, same message 'failed to open'. My plan is to put my AIS SIM card into my Samsung soon after we depart Sydney (soon), but I guess I'll need to download Mor Chana quickly on arrival in Bkk.

Yes but Thai Air Asia is not totally separate. There's Thai ownership because of the law.

Well that's just your opinion. I'm not into conspiracy stuff or me first and screw the rest. But if that feels good for you then up 2 U.

I'm happy to show my vaccination passport, why not all cooperate and make life easier in a difficult era.

TH military thinking, instant decisions, no concern whether it's a good or bad decision because nobody would dare criticize.

Yes, correct.

Good point, and I hope he shares full details of where the swab was taken and more.

In my case it was a company registered in Thailand: - 51% owned by PTT - 49% owned by very large multinational. The interviewing officer asked a few questions, his main question was whether the multinational took good care of the Thai employees. The multinational concerned is very generous and caring to all employees and I gave few examples to the interviewing officer. He listened and asked for a lot of details of my examples and he was suitably impressed. Ultimately of course, this had little to do with my PR application but I guess it may have helped.

I suspect Joe is correct, but I wonder if there could be a future time when they will accept quick response tests (these tests are getting better and better, more reliable results, more accuracy etc.). What must be a factor is what data develops in the next few months in terms of other countries allowing double vaxd tourists in and how many prove to be negative / positive on arrival etc. Another factor will surely be the total numbers of people who are double / triple vaccinated, and therefore progressively slowing down the spread of the virus. Some states in Australia are already at 90% - 93% of the states population have had a first shot and numbers still growing quickly, and 75% - 82% have had 2 jabs and the numbers growing quickly. Plus boosters shots now being promoted and taken in sizeable numbers.

Good info. And then I can avoid the hotel/guesthouse etc., that you're staying in.

Why the 'confused' emoji? What's confusing?

Good points, some of us when we get older have these issues some not. In my case it's a combination of severe PTSD and anxiety and depression. Even 55 years after the Vietnam war I still have recurring flashbacks, sleep issues, anxiety and depression, and often become very overprotective of my son (now late 30s) and his 3 kids. When It's severe I go into panic If I can't see the 3 kids, and panic that they are in danger etc. But I keep telling myself 'it could be worse, and that does help.